Residency Program Director: Allison Schepers, PharmD, BCOP
General Description
The University of Michigan Health PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency is designed to provide residents with a diverse set of experiences in hematology/oncology, while allowing collaboration with top experts at an NCCN-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. The program will challenge residents to develop high-level clinical and literature evaluation skills through a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient experiences. The strong affiliation with the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy allows residents to hone educational skills through didactic lectures, round table discussions, and precepting of fellows, residents, students. Residents will become experts in academic performance through completion of high-level research and writing endeavors throughout the year. The program also affords the opportunity to work with experts in oncology practice management and design of unique services. Upon completion of the program, residents will be among the leaders and best in hematology/oncology practice, poised to secure a specialized pharmacist position in hematology/oncology.
Minimum qualifications include graduation from an accredited college of pharmacy with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and completion of a PGY1 residency or equivalent experience.
Recruitment Plan
A list of 2025 recruitment events will be added late summer. Please check back around that time for updates or contact the Residency Program Director with questions.
Program Structure
Rotation Experiences are tailored according to resident interests in conjunction with the residency program director and coordinator in July.
Required Rotations
Block Rotations (4 weeks unless otherwise specified)
- Orientation (July)
- Adult Inpatient Hematology (MHE)
- Inpatient Bone Marrow Transplant
- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Ambulatory Oncology GI/GU/Lung (Blue)
- Ambulatory Oncology GYO/Melanoma/Breast (Gold)
- Oncology Administration - minimum 2 weeks
Longitudinal Rotations (5 months)
- Outpatient Disease-Based Clinic (1 per semester)
- Multiple options available, including lymphoma, leukemia, multiple myeloma, BMT, gyn-onc, melanoma, breast cancer, head & neck cancer, GU cancer, GI cancer, sarcoma, lung cancer, and oral chemotherapy
Elective Rotations (2-4 weeks unless otherwise specified)
- Ambulatory Hematology (Lymphoma/Myeloma/Leukemia)
- Ambulatory Bone Marrow Transplant
- Advanced Ambulatory Care
- Advanced Inpatient
- Advanced Inpatient-Outpatient Hybrid
- Hematology Consult Service
- Infectious Diseases
- Inpatient Hematology MHP
- Inpatient Medical Oncology Service (MON)
- Medical Intensive Care Unit
- Teaching/Academia
Staffing Responsibility
- Residents staff in the Rogel Cancer Center Infusion Center. A weekend staffing shift includes one Friday night shift (3PM-8PM) and one Saturday shift (7:30AM to 5PM)
- Staffing requirement: Two training weekends and approximately one weekend per month (10-12 weekends) plus holiday staffing.
- Holiday staffing comprises 1 major and 1 minor holiday block.
Research and Publications Opportunity
- Design and completion of research project is required
- Completion of a writing project (review article or secondary research project) suitable for publication is required
- Four major oral presentations:
- Research protocol
- Writing project (CE lecture)
- Research project results at Great Lakes residency conference
- Research project results to pharmacy department
- Residents will present a poster at Vizient Pharmacy Resident Poster Session and HOPA Annual Conference
Teaching Opportunity
- Residents may serve as a preceptor for pharmacy students on rotation.
- Teaching at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy is required.
- Residents are expected to attend each class session, facilitate discussion of pharmacy students, effectively manage classrooms, understand classwork and curriculum development, and assist in grading/evaluating students. In certain classes, residents are expected to give didactic lectures on various topics. Throughout the year, residents will be expected to gain confidence in teaching methods and take a larger role in facilitating class discussions. By the end of the year, residents should be able to manage a classroom independently.
- Residents will present five major topic presentations (Michigan Oncology Pharmacy Symposium; MOPS)
- The program also offers an optional teaching certificate program in partnership with the U-M College of Pharmacy. The program includes a teaching discussion series, teaching rotation (counts as one of 5 electives), submission of a teaching portfolio, participation in PharmD student interviews
Other Requirements/Information
To ensure a well-rounded year and preparation for the next step of their career journey, residents will complete activities related to the following:
- Direct and non-direct patient care learning experiences (rotations)
- Scientific advancement and research activities
- Leadership & professional involvement
- Teaching & academia
- Research Pharmacy & Investigational Drug Service
- Oncology staffing
- Clinical case conference
- Community service
Please see the Pharmacy Graduation Requirements Checklist & Program Deliverables for a list of all program completion requirements.
Wellness Program
We have a dedicated committee focused on resident wellness which consists of both residents and preceptors. Residents receive 5 wellness days to focus on a residency-class identified area of wellness, such as emotional, social, financial, etc. The resident class has the opportunity to participate in a group wellness activity during their wellness day, such as a hike, yoga class, or open discussion groups, but also have the ability to focus on themselves
Benefits
- Salary: $52,000 annually paid once monthly with medical benefits
- Up to 15 days of paid time off to be used for vacation/personal/interview/illness
- Business days for presentations at national and local conferences
- Access to free workplace counseling
- Remote work for non-direct patient care rotations and research month, at discretion of preceptors
- Leave of absence policies in the event a resident requires longer time away
- Dedicated office desk space with a personal laptop computer
- Embroidered white coat
- Access to MPerks through University of Michigan (additional savings using your badge)
Residency Director Information
Program Director: Allison Schepers, PharmD, BCOP
Email: [email protected]
Program Coordinator: Madeleine Ochs, PharmD, BCOP
Email: [email protected]
Preceptors
Iman Ahmed, PharmD, BCOP, Ambulatory Hematology
Sam Aitken, PharmD, MPH, BCIDP, Immunocompromised Infectious Diseases
Lydia Benitez, PharmD, BCOP, Adult Ambulatory Leukemia
Julia Brown, PharmD, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Catherine Christen, PharmD, Gynecology/Oncology
Greg Eschenauer, PharmD, Infectious Diseases
Tate Feeney, PharmD, BCOP, Ambulatory Bone Marrow Transplant
Martina Fraga, PharmD, Inpatient Hematology/Oncology
David Frame, PharmD, Ambulatory Bone Marrow Transplant & Immuno-Hematology
Megan Ingebrigtson, PharmD, BCCCP, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Anna Kempke, PharmD, BCOP, BCPS, Oral Chemotherapy Program
Michael Kenes, PharmD, FCCM, BCPS, BCCCP, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Madeleine King, PharmD, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Shawna Kraft, PharmD, BCOP, Ambulatory Oncology
Alanna Lehman, PharmD, BCOP, Adult Inpatient Oncology
Emily Mackler, PharmD, BCOP, Director - Clinical Quality Initiatives Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium (MOQC)
Bernard Marini, PharmD, BCOP, Adult Inpatient Hematology
Denise Markstrom, PharmD, Inpatient Bone Marrow Transplant
Rachel McDevitt, PharmD, BCOP, Ambulatory Oncology
Victoria Nachar, PharmD, BCOP, Ambulatory Hematology/Oncology
Jerod Nagel, PharmD, BCIDP, Infectious Diseases & Antimicrobial Stewardship
Madeleine Ochs, PharmD, BCOP, Inpatient Hematology Consults
Anthony Perissinotti, PharmD, BCOP, Adult Inpatient Hematology
Gianni Scappaticci, PharmD, BCOP, Inpatient Bone Marrow Transplant
Allison Schepers, PharmD, BCOP, Ambulatory Oncology
Prabha Vogel, PharmD, BCOP, BCPS, Oncology Administration
Please check out the F.A.Q. for application deadlines and interview dates.
